Love Addiction Love Addiction consists of three components: Romance, Relationship, and Sexual Addiction. Love addiction is often perceived to be "less serious"...
Pseudo Love "Love addiction" is about pseudo love, about the external, stereotypic appearance of love. It is not about love. While a love addict may look as if...
Self-Love and Narcissism There are two important differences between healthy self-love and malignant narcissism: (a) in the ability to tell reality from...
Love Addiction Recovery It may seem incongruous to place love and addiction within the same context, but if you understand how the addictive process occurs in...
Sexual (And Love) Addiction Sexual addiction is rapidly becoming recognized as a major social problem with similarities more well-known to alcohol and drug...
Help! I Still Love My Abuser! In a recent email, a reader asked the following question: "Why do I continue to feel love for this person that abused me? I...
Toxic Love by Robert Burney M. A. "As long as we believe that someone else has the power to make us happy then we are setting ourselves up to be victims" - ...
Self-Love and Self-Destruction Tips For How To Love Yourself by C. Rainfield Learning to love yourself isn't easy -- especially if you're a survivor of ...
Learning To Love Yourself By Leslie Karen Lobell, M.A. According to the song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed, Greatest Love of All "The greatest love...
Just Exactly What is Codependence? by Dr. Irene Matiatos Some of the nicest people I know are codependent. They always smile, never refuse to do a favor. They...
Codependency and Christian Living Codependency is one of the most underestimated issues within the church today. It affects everyone. Let me repeat, it...
Codependency: When You Give Until It Hurts Frederick A. Levy LCSW Do You: Feel responsible for others? Never have time for you? Feel that life never lets up? ...
In the Mind of the Abuser Abusive people typically think they are unique, really so different from other people that they don't have to follow the same rules...
Dominators - Oppressors Independent statistics show that professions with most scope for authority attract abusive personality types. Policemen who display...
Power Corrupts by Per Bylund The history of man is a history of rule or ambition to rule. It is not, as Marx claimed, a history of constant class struggle...
Abuse of Police/Firefighter Power This website is for and by women who have been abused by intimate partners who are police officers or firefighters. ...
Emotional Abuse and Power in Relationships DR Deb Have you ever thought about who in your family is in charge and how they got that way? When that person...
EQ: Ways to Increase Your Personal Power through Emotional Intelligence by Susan Dunn MA, Emotional Intelligence Coach and Consultant Personal Power is an...
The Power of Personal Boundaries By Judy Saltarelli, M.A. One of the most effective ways to claim your power is to have strong, healthy personal boundaries....
RELATIONSHIPS: USE AND ABUSE OF POWER "Control is an illusion." - Sheldon Kopp Power is one of the most sought after experiences in our culture (besides ...
HOW PEOPLE BECOME POWER ABUSERS From codaplus Anyone who has power is a potential power abuser, i.e. one who uses power to harm or deprive others. The greater...
Part 1: The Twelve Steps - a formula for Spiritual integration "The first step is about recognizing that I am powerless to control life and other people and...
Part 2: The Twelve Steps - a formula for Spiritual integration Robert is the author of the Joyously inspirational book Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls...
16 Steps for Discovery and Empowerment author unkown 1. We affirm we have the power to take charge of our lives and stop being dependent on substances or...
The 12 Steps to Recovery for Codependents From Choicemaking by Sharon Wegscheider Cruse 1. We acknowledge and accept that we are powerless in controlling the...
Codependency: Step One Discussed "Now we are learning a better way to own our power than being victims and being controlling. It begins by admitting and...
Codependency: Step Two Discussed "This program is spiritual, not religious. The Steps were written to be compatible with all religious and denominational...